You'll need to take out a loan to buy this huge gaming laptop

Acer's Predator 21 X is quite possibly one of the most extravagant laptops we've ever seen. 

From its 17-pound weight, to its curved 21-inch display (a world's first), to its eight heat pipes for cooling, to its two built-in sub-woofers, to its VR-ready graphics, Acer's "mobile" behemoth is everything Apple's new MacBook Pros aren't.

The Predator 21 X also comes with a hefty price to match its ridiculous specs: $9,000 to start when it goes on sale in February.

When we saw the Predator 21 X in person at IFA in September, we couldn't get over its Decepticon-like design that seems capable of taking a serious beating. Read more...